Not every setting in the BIOS menu offers an immediate performance boost, but some are best left alone.

If you're anything like me, you really only touch the BIOS if you've just put together a new system, or you're upgrading parts to an existing one. A quick tour of changing a handful of the usual ...

We lock down our user accounts with passwords. But the BIOS often gets left unguarded. This vulnerability allows anyone with physical access to your PC to tamper with critical system settings. This ...

I have my copy of windows 7 and am looking to install it on one of my machines, however I am feeling a bit out of my depth so I turn to ars... The machine I am putting it on is just used for a bit of ...

Viewing and changing your BIOS settings can be a painful experience; you need to reboot your system, hit the right key combinations at the right time to enter the BIOS, navigate around somewhat ...

I have been trying to figure out how to set the fan speeds in the bios so they do not ramp up and then down constantly at loud speeds but it seems no matter what is changed manually when you go to ...